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Lowering Bandwidth Costs for Slash-based Sites

posted by janrinok on Wednesday March 12 2014, @07:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-was-doing-OK-until-it-mentioned-perl dept.

xyzzyyzzyx writes:

"Avantslash is touting a user hosted perl script that, if paired with any web browser with JavaScript, promises to shave crucial bytes off of the standard Slash-based experience, one of which is our very own SoylentNews. Audiences include those with very limited bandwidth, such as those in developing countries with only 2G mobile access or dialup."

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by everdred on Wednesday March 12 2014, @08:49PM

    by everdred (110) on Wednesday March 12 2014, @08:49PM (#15638) Homepage Journal
    Cool! But just to be clear, the software isn't "mine." I just bought a domain and set up an instance of Avantslash [avantslash.org] that you're free to use.
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  • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Wednesday March 12 2014, @11:20PM

    by Reziac (2489) on Wednesday March 12 2014, @11:20PM (#15669) Homepage

    Nice to have if the need arises, thanks!